Monthly Archives: September 2008

The Cuddle Chemical

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Quentin

“Falling in love with love is falling in love with make believe” Lorenz Hart’s lyric is all too true. But “Falling in love is a transient phenomenon in certain regions of the brain caused by neuropeptides which bring about a … Continue reading →

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de la Bédoyère’s Maxims No 10

Posted on September 18, 2008 by Quentin

1 It may be a great benefit to be a jack of all trades and a master of none. The specialist bores one very deep hole, the generalist knows how the holes relate to each other. Which is why so … Continue reading →

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Is God just the “Big Bang”?

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Quentin

Whichever may be the current seven wonders of the world, there is now a new entrant. The Large Hadron Collider, built by the Cern laboratory at Geneva, was scheduled to start operations on 10 September. Potentially it could change our … Continue reading →

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de la Bédoyère’s Maxims No 9

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Quentin

We cannot judge a man’s virtues since we do not know his starting point. And the best we can do with our own is to make a crude judgment about whether we are progressing or regressing. Optimism is a survival … Continue reading →

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